Patents by Inventor Spyros KOTSALOS

Spyros KOTSALOS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bearing arrangement for a machine element
    Patent number: 11796005
    Abstract: Bearing arrangement for a machine element having a bearing having an outer bearing race radially fixed by a cylindrical cutout in the mounted state of the bearing arrangement; a locking element having an annular radial portion and at least one axial portion; and the annular radial portion of the locking element cooperates with a region of the outer bearing race on a first axial side of the outer bearing race to secure the outer bearing race at the first axial side; and at least one securing element which, in a mounted state of the bearing arrangement, is in operative engagement with the at least one axial portion of the locking element and with the machine element such that the locking element secures the outer bearing race at the first axial side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Julian Larbig, Steffen Matschas, Spyros Kotsalos, Axel Rohm, Martin Pfeuffer
  • BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A MACHINE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20230213067
    Abstract: Bearing arrangement for a machine element having a bearing having an outer bearing race radially fixed by a cylindrical cutout in the mounted state of the bearing arrangement; a locking element having an annular radial portion and at least one axial portion; and the annular radial portion of the locking element cooperates with a region of the outer bearing race on a first axial side of the outer bearing race to secure the outer bearing race at the first axial side; and at least one securing element which, in a mounted state of the bearing arrangement, is in operative engagement with the at least one axial portion of the locking element and with the machine element such that the locking element secures the outer bearing race at the first axial side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Julian LARBIG, Steffen MATSCHAS, Spyros KOTSALOS, Axel ROHM, Martin PFEUFFER